Manage warnings about unsafe sites

You'll see a warning if the content you're trying to see is dangerous or deceptive. These sites are often called "phishing" or "malware" sites.

Get warnings about dangerous & deceptive content

Phishing and malware detection is turned on by default. When it's turned on, you might see the following messages. If you see one of these messages, we recommend that you don't visit the site.

The site ahead contains malware: The site you're trying to visit might try to install bad software, called malware, on your computer.

Deceptive site ahead: The site you're trying to visit might be a phishing site.

The site ahead contains harmful programs: The site you're trying to visit might try to trick you into installing programs that cause problems when you’re browsing online.

This page is trying to load scripts from unauthenticated sources: The site you're visiting is not secure.

Download with caution: Some sites try to trick you into downloading harmful software by telling you that you have a virus. Be careful not to download any harmful software.

View unsafe sites, content & downloads

You can visit a page or access a downloaded file that is showing a warning. This is not recommended.

Visit an unsafe page

On your computer, open Chrome.

On the page where you see a warning, click Details.

Click Visit this unsafe site.

The page will load.

When you visit an unsafe site, Chrome will try to remove the unsafe content from the page.

To view the entire page:

On your computer, open Chrome.

On a deceptive site, to the right of the address bar, click Content blocked .

In the alert, click Load full site.

The page will load.

If the error mentions scripts, you can view the entire page by clicking Load unsafe script.

Download an unsafe file

On your computer, open Chrome.

At the top right, click More Downloads.

Find the file you want to download.

Click Recover malicious file.

Turn off warnings about dangerous & deceptive sites

If you don't want to be warned about unsafe content, you can turn off deceptive and dangerous site alerts. This also turns off download warnings.

We do not recommend turning off alerts.

On your computer, open Chrome.

At the top right, click More Settings.

At the bottom, click Advanced.

Under "Privacy and security," turn off Protect you and your device from dangerous sites.

What warnings about dangerous & deceptive content mean

Deceptive sites (also known as "phishing" or "social engineering" sites) try to trick you into doing something dangerous online, such as revealing passwords or personal information, usually through a fake website.

Google Safe Browsing: To protect you from dangerous websites, Google maintains a list of websites that might put you at risk for malware or phishing. Google also analyzes sites and warns you if a site seems dangerous. Learn more about Google Safe Browsing.